BACKGROUND & AIMS: A late evening snack (LES) is recommended as a nutritional therapy for liver cirrhosis to minimize early starvation. In patients with liver cirrhosis, the maintenance of the branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) levels is important d...
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 58 110-119 2019年2月
OBJECTIVES: Perioperative nutritional management is essential for early recovery after liver surgery. The aim of this study was to assess changes in amino acid levels in serum and urine after hepatectomy. METHODS: Serum samples were collected from...
The Bethesda system (TBS) has been used for cervical cytological diagnosis in Japan since 2008. Evaluation of specimen adequacy is the most important aspect of quality assurance and for precise diagnosis in TBS. A systematic review and meta-analys...
BACKGROUND & AIMS: We reported decreased nonprotein respiratory quotient (npRQ) after liver resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, whether liver resection volume affects energy metabolism in these patients is unclear. ...
Journal of Medical Investigation 65(1-2) 122-125 2018年
By using 24 hour urinary creatinine levels, skeletal muscle mass (kg), its rate (%) of body weight and creatinine height index (%) were determined in old Japanese women suffering from walking difficulty in nursing home and compare with those of yo...